1998 German Formula Three Championship

The 1998 German Formula Three Championship (German: 1998 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara and Martini which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 18 April May at Hockenheimring and ended at Nürburgring on 4 October after ten double-header rounds.

1998 German Formula Three Championship
Previous: 1997 Next: 1999

Van Amersfoort Racing driver Bas Leinders became the first Belgian champion of the series. He clinched the title, winning seven of 20 races. Robert Lechner won the rookie championship and finished as runner-up with wins on home soil at Salzburgring, losing 21 points to Leinders. Wolf Henzler was victorious at Nürburgring. The other race winners was Pierre Kaffer, Christijan Albers, Timo Scheider, Thomas Jäger and Thomas Mutsch.[1]

Teams and drivers
1998 Entry list[2]
Team No. Driver Chassis Engine Status Rounds
Opel Team BSR 0 Tomáš Enge Martini MK73/09 Opel 1-2, 4-5
Tom Schwister 6
Timo Rumpfkeil Dallara F397/029 R 9
Toby Scheckter Martini MK73/09 10
1 Pierre Kaffer Martini MK73/10 All
2 Norman Simon Dallara F397/049 All
3 Steffen Widmann Dallara F397/029 All
KMS Benetton Junior Team 5 Thomas Mutsch Dallara F397/023 Opel R All
6 Johnny Mislijevic Dallara F397/002 R 1-9
Alex Müller 10
7 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Dallara F398/001 R All
Josef Kaufmann Racing 8 Wolf Henzler Martini MK73/06 Opel All
9 Timo Scheider Martini MK73/05 3-9
GM-DSF-F3 Team 10 Wouter van Eeuwijk Dallara F397/054 Opel R All
11 Robert Lechner Dallara F397/052 R All
12 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 1, 4
Tim Bergmeister 12 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 Opel 5-10
Klaus Trella Motorsport 14 Thomas Jäger Martini MK73/11 Opel R All
15 Thomas Braumüller Dallara F396/012 R 1-4
Van Amersfoort Racing 16 Bas Leinders Dallara F398/030 Opel All
17 Christijan Albers Dallara F398/004 R All
IPS Motorsport 18 Johan Stureson Dallara F397/046 Opel All
JB Motorsport 19 Yves Olivier Dallara F398/021 Opel All
20 Marcin Biernacki Dallara F398/031 All
MKL F3 Racing 21 Lucas Luhr Dallara F397/056 Opel All
TKF Racing 22 Petr Křižan Dallara F396/022 Opel R 7-9
23 Jarosław Wierczuk Dallara F398/009 All
24 Lasse Jakobsen Dallara F396/022 R 1-6
MKL F3 Racing 27 Michael Becker Dallara F398/023 Opel 1-2, 4-9
Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397/062 3
Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 28 Nicklas Karlsson Dallara F395/045 Fiat 4
Austrian Formula 3 Cup
Křižan Racing Team 51 Petr Křižan Dallara F396/043 Opel R 3
Franz Wöss Racing 52 Jaromír Zdražil Dallara F396/042 Opel 3
53 André Fibier Dallara F395/015 3
Achleitner Motorsport 54 Josef Neuhauser Dallara F394/021 Opel 3
Jenichen Motorsport 56 Dirk Jenichen Dallara F396/023 Opel 3
Fritz Kopp Racing Team 57 Osmunde Dolischka Dallara F395/070 Opel 3
Leoš Prokopec 59 Leoš Prokopec Dallara F397/047 Fiat 3
Steffek Racing Team 61 Claudia Steffek Dallara F391/002 Alfa Romeo 3
Dietmar Frischmann 62 Dietmar Frischmann Dallara F396/004 Opel 3
Icon Class
R Rookie

Calendar

With the exception of round at Salzuburg in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 R1 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 18 April ADAC-Preis Hockenheim
R2 19 April
2 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 9 May 60. ADAC Eifelrennen
R2 10 May
3 R1 Saxony, Germany Sachsenring 23 May ADAC-Preis des mdr Sachsenring"
R2 24 May
4 R1 Nuremberg, Germany Norisring 4 July 56. ADAC Norisring Rennen "200 Meilen von Nürnberg"
R2 5 July
5 R1 Lahr, Germany Lahr 18 July ADAC-Preis Regio Ring Lahr
R2 19 July
6 R1 Wunstorf, Germany Wunstorf 1 August ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf
R2 2 August
7 R1 Zweibrücken, Germany Zweibrücken 15 August ADAC-Preis Flugplatz Zweibrücken
R2 16 August
8 R1 Salzburg, Austria Salzburgring 29 August ADAC-Alpentrophäe
R2 30 August
9 R1 Oschersleben, Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 12 September ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
R2 13 September
10 R1 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 3 October 25. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint
R2 4 October

Results
Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Hockenheimring Robert Lechner Wolf Henzler Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 Bas Leinders Jeffrey van Hooydonk Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
2 R1 Nürburgring Bas Leinders Wolf Henzler Wolf Henzler Josef Kaufmann Racing
R2 Wolf Henzler Bas Leinders Wolf Henzler Josef Kaufmann Racing
3 R1 Sachsenring Bas Leinders Bas Leinders Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 Bas Leinders Christijan Albers Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
4 R1 Norisring Pierre Kaffer Yves Olivier Christijan Albers Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 Christijan Albers Robert Lechner Christijan Albers Van Amersfoort Racing
5 R1 Lahr Thomas Mutsch Timo Scheider Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing
R2 Timo Scheider Pierre Kaffer Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing
6 R1 Wunstorf Thomas Jäger Steffen Widmann Thomas Jäger Opel Team BSR
R2 Thomas Jäger Wolf Henzler Pierre Kaffer Opel Team BSR
7 R1 Zweibrücken Bas Leinders Bas Leinders Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 Bas Leinders Robert Lechner Pierre Kaffer Opel Team BSR
8 R1 Salzburgring Robert Lechner Bas Leinders Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team
R2 Robert Lechner Pierre Kaffer Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team
9 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben Bas Leinders Lucas Luhr Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
R2 Bas Leinders Jeffrey van Hooydonk Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing
10 R1 Nürburgring Bas Leinders Thomas Mutch Thomas Mutch KMS Benetton Junior Team
R2 Thomas Mutsch Alex Müller Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing

Championship standings

Championship
Pos Driver HOC NÜR1 SAC NOR LAH WUN ZWE SAL OSC NÜR2 Points
1 Bas Leinders 1 1 16 7 1 1 2 6 7 7 Ret Ret 1 2 14 3 1 1 2 Ret 200
2 Robert Lechner 8 4 13 12 5 Ret 3 3 2 2 4 4 6 4 1 1 4 4 Ret 5 179
3 Wolf Henzler 5 2 1 1 14 9 Ret Ret 5 5 2 2 4 3 2 7 8 8 10 4 168
4 Pierre Kaffer 2 Ret 20 Ret 11 20 4 2 8 17 7 1 2 1 3 2 17 10 Ret 9 132
5 Christijan Albers 3 Ret 6 10 13 10 1 1 16 18 9 5 8 6 7 4 2 3 3 11 120
6 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 6 6 4 2 3 2 Ret 9 14 13 8 9 15 10 10 8 3 2 5 3 115
7 Timo Scheider 9 3 6 14 1 1 6 6 3 Ret 4 11 15 13 7 1 114
8 Lucas Luhr Ret 9 8 5 8 6 9 7 3 3 5 Ret 9 7 11 6 5 6 8 7 90
9 Yves Olivier 4 5 2 3 20 Ret 15 Ret 12 8 13 7 5 5 Ret 16 9 Ret 6 6 76
10 Steffen Widmann 11 Ret 21 13 Ret 19 8 5 6 9 3 3 DNS 9 5 20 11 19 4 2 68
11 Thomas Jäger 7 3 3 6 12 8 Ret 12 Ret 11 1 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 10 12 11 Ret 58
12 Norman Simon 15 Ret 7 10 2 7 7 10 9 6 Ret Ret 11 19 Ret 5 12 9 16 16 56
13 Johan Stureson 12 8 11 11 6 4 11 8 Ret 15 17 8 7 8 6 15 6 5 Ret 15 52
14 Tim Bergmeister Ret 12 10 Ret 5 4 4 4 11 Ret 10 11 8 21 Ret DNS 14 Ret 43
15 Thomas Mutsch Ret Ret 5 8 4 21 10 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 12 Ret 12 7 7 1 Ret 30
16 Johnny Mislijevic Ret 11 10 14 7 5 12 Ret 18 Ret 10 Ret 13 17 Ret 18 13 Ret 14
17 Wouter van Eeuwijk Ret Ret 9 15 15 Ret 13 20 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 9 9 Ret 11 13 8 9
18 Lasse Jakobsen 10 7 14 16 Ret 14 Ret 13 19 16 14 DSQ 5
19 Jarosław Wierczuk 9 Ret 15 19 DSQ 13 14 17 15 16 16 10 17 15 15 19 18 17 15 14 3
20 Tomáš Enge 14 DNS 12 9 Ret 11 10 12 3
21 Thomas Braumüller 16 10 17 17 23 Ret Ret 16 1
22 Michael Becker Ret DNS 18 DNS Ret Ret 11 10 12 Ret 14 Ret 12 13 Ret 18 1
23 Petr Křižan 17 12 18 14 13 10 16 14 1
24 Alex Müller 9 10 1
25 Tom Schwister 15 11 0
26 Marcin Biernacki 13 Ret 19 19 22 Ret 16 18 13 14 DNS DNS 16 16 Ret 14 14 16 17 12 0
27 Toby Scheckter 12 13 0
28 André Fibier 21 15 0
29 Timo Rumpfkeil Ret 15 0
30 Claudia Steffek 18 16 0
31 Josef Neuhauser 16 Ret 0
32 Dirk Jenichen 24 17 0
33 Ole Martin Lindum 19 18 0
34 Nicklas Karlsson Ret 19 0
Osmunde Dolischka Ret Ret 0
Dietmar Frischmann Ret Ret 0
Jaromír Zdražil Ret Ret 0
Leoš Prokopec Ret DSQ 0
Jörg Sandek DNS DNS 0
Frank Brendecke DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver HOC NÜR1 SAC NOR LAH WUN ZWE SAL OSC NÜR2 Points


Junior-Pokal (Rookie) standings
Driver Points
1 Robert Lechner 176
2 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 159
3 Christijan Albers 150
4 Thomas Jäger 93
5 Thomas Mutsch 74
6 Johnny Mislijevic 33
7 Wouter van Eeuwijk 29
8 Lasse Jakobsen 14
9 Petr Křižan 9
10 Thomas Braumüller 3
11 Timo Rumpfkeil 2

References
  1. "Formula 3 Germany 1998 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  2. "STARTERLISTE 1998 DEUTSCHE FORMEL-3-MEISTERSCHAFT" (PDF) (in German). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

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